CBM's commitment in Rwanda - comprehensive help for poor people
Although around 90 per cent of people in Rwanda have health insurance, poor patients often lack the opportunity and financial means to travel to the nearest doctor. This is why one focus of CBM-supported eye work in Rwanda is on mobile work, e.g. in Kabgayi Hospital.
Unique in Rwanda: cataract operations for children
The clinic team reaches 15 of the country's 30 districts with the field services of its eye department. If necessary, patients are referred to the hospital and operated on there. Tens of thousands of people receive help in this way every year. What is special about the hospital is that it is the only one in the whole of Rwanda that also operates on children with cataracts.
CBM in Rwanda cooperates with various organisations of people with disabilities, churches and the Rwandan government in order to support people with disabilities on their path to autonomy, independence and the realisation of an inclusive society. In 2024, the seven CBM-funded projects will focus on eye health and rehabilitation through community-based inclusive development (CBID).